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Vol'jin is ordered by the Horde to investigate the origins of the Saurok. He's not too happy to discover that the Mogu created them from dark magic, but Garrosh's loyal guards are thrilled by this discovery--they want to create an army of corrupted warriors, similar to the Mogu.

Summary

Stage 1 – The Mission...Speak with Vol'jin to begin the search for the Saurok cave. Starting at the Tavern in the Mists, you'll work your way up the hill to

Stage 2 – We Ride!Find the entrance to the Saurok Cave. Vol'jin expresses relief that you're here to help him, since he doesn't like the look of Garrosh's guards.

Stage 3 – Guards!Defeat the Saurok guarding the cave. Vol'jin will help you out with totems and traps that stun the Saurok.

Stage 4 – Into the CaveMake your way deeper into the cave. One member of your party gets to man the Horde boat and shoot explosives at the Saurok! The other members will have to kill them the normal way on the shores.

Stage 5 – The SourceFind the source of the Saurok. As you make your way through the cave to the Broodmaster, you'll get an item that lets you destroy large egg clusters.

Stage 6 – The BroodmasterDefeat Broodmaster Noshi. Destroying egg clusters is very useful here, as the Broodmaster will hatch them all at low health, which could wipe your party. Vol'jin then arrives and casts an immunity shield so your party does not take damage as you finish the Broodmaster off.

Stage 7 – InvestigationInvestigate the Mogu Statues. Rak'gor Bloodrazor meets up with Vol'jin to declare that Garrosh is interested in the Saurok, since they are tied to the powerful Mogu. Vol'jin then learns that Saurok were not born in their current state--they were turned into the creatures they are now through the Mogu's dark magic. While he's not happy about this, Garrosh's guards are very interested in pursuing this research.

Final Stage – Ambush!Fend off the Kor'kron ambush. When Vol'jin exclaims "Garrosh playing god? Making monsters? Dis ain't what da Horde is about!", Garrosh's guard stabs him in the neck. Vol'jin is not killed, but seriously wounded. Your party must then kill the rest of Garrosh's party.

News Round Up

Today's blue posts cover a hotfix to some loot issues in LFR, a Mega Blocks contest, and the official upcoming raid schedule, as well as some Patch 5.1 PTR updates. Be sure to check out last night's hotfixes and WoW Insider for class-specific articles on how to perform well in the new raids, such as The Light and How to Swing It for retribution talents and glyphs!

Click the cut for all the blue posts, including the 5.1 PTR Patch Note Updates!

Patch 5.1 PTR Patch Note Updates

Blizzard

General Players can visit their faction strongholds in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms to begin the quest to summon their war fleets to the continent of Pandaria. (Alliance players that couldn't previously complete the starting quests can now speak with Taradormi at Lion's Landing to travel the timeways and experience those quests... BACK IN TIME).

Players can follow the story of the Pandaren Campaign through a series of special quests tied to their reputation with the landing forces. Heroes assisting with the war effort will join key characters and faction leaders as the growing conflagration spreads across Pandaria... as well as other locations around Azeroth.

Entry into the brawler’s guild is by invitation only. Invitations can be found on the black market auction house, by invitation from somebody within the guild, and occasionally as drops from certain Horde and Alliance NPCs.

Sunsong Ranch A new Seed has been added: Unstable Portal Shard A mage who fell on hard times back in Dalaran has found a new home on Pandaria. Barnaby Fletcher will occasionally visit Halfhill Market to peddle a new type of seed – and take advantage of the Tillers’ hospitality.

Unstable Portal Shards grow into consumable items which can be used to open a portal from Sunsong Ranch to a major faction city.

Seeds now stack to 50. Runty crops now have a spell visual to help call attention to themselves. Growing crops now display the duration until the crop is ready to harvest. Characters who have earned the Friends on the Farm achievement will no longer find gifts while harvesting Cooking Ingredient crops – instead, they have a chance to find special seeds such as Magebulb Seed, Enigma Seed, Songbell Seed, and more.

Raid groups are no longer necessary to enter pre-Mists of Pandara raid dungeons. Enemies in these raids that previously required more than one player to defeat are now more easily dealt with by players battling alone.

PvP The growing conflict between the Horde and the Alliance has spilled across the face of Azeroth: level 90 players can now queue for Wintergrasp and Tol Barad via the PvP tab to battle one another in these epic conflicts.

Heart of Fear Raid Finder Loot Issue Hotfixed

Blizzard

We’ve applied a hotfix to resolve an issue where players in Raid Finder were being saved as having killed a boss after a wipe in Heart of Fear. The hotfix is active and doesn't require a rolling restart to take effect. Heart of Fear is now safe for your Raid Finder adventuring needs.

For the small number of players who were ineligible for a chance at loot as a result of this bug before it was fixed, we're currently discussing the best resolution and will provide an update as soon as we can. In the meantime, we thank you for your patience and apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.Does the solution only affect people who killed the bosses or also the people were just locked incorrectly? I wiped and didn't kill a boss and got saved apparently. Am I now unsaved and can go safely or do I need to wait for a solution?

This does not affect those that killed a boss and got loot. The hotfix was to correct an issue where players got saved when a boss resets; like after a wipe.The hotfix prevents more people from being saved incorrectly when a boss resets. For players already saved, we're still exploring what we can do and will provide an update as soon as possible.

Mega Blocks Contest

Blizzard

Everything is in the name. Announcing the 'Build Big, Win Big' contest, one of the largest giveaways we've ever done. We even pulled an original World of Warcraft brown Collector's Edition from the Blizzard Vaults! From now until December 10, take your Mega Bloks World of Warcraft sets and stack, rearrange, redesign and recombine ‘em into never-before-seen creations.

We want to see how big, impressive and creative you can be with the World of Warcraft Mega Bloks. Once you're ready, snap some pictures of your masterpiece and submit them through our official "Build Big, Win Big" Facebook Contest Page. The form will ask for your name, the name of your creation, and its recipe (ex: Deathwing Stormwind Assault, Goblin Zeppelin, Gnome Flying Machines). There will be 16 lucky winners.

In the United Kingdom you can find the products at ToysRUs, Smyths, Argos or at Argos Online.

What You Could Win:

Grand Prize (1 of 1)

ALL FIVE World of Warcraft Collector’s Editions

World of Warcraft, Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King, Cataclysm, and Mists of Pandaria with option to have them signed by the development team

Complete "yet to be released" Winter 2012 Mega Bloks World of Warcraft collection

Official Rules:

How We’ll Judge:

Each week entries we’ve received will be posted to the official World of Warcraft Facebook page for the world to see. Winners will be determined by a panel of esteemed Blizzard brick fans and judged on originality, creativity and size of build. Note that only entries which exclusively contain Mega Bloks World of Warcraft sets will be considered valid. We’re sure the existing sets are enough to spark your creativity, so at least for this contest no throwing other toys, crafts, or cats into the mix!

Comment by felhunter

now i kinda dont wanna do this scenario cause i dnt want too see vol'jin getting stabbed.

Comment by Garroda

on Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:19:11 -0600

Monks really needed that Spear Hand Strike buff. I had to pop Energizing Brew every time I wanted to interrupt a cast.

Comment by Arganonbob

on Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:25:41 -0600

Raid groups are no longer necessary to enter pre-Mists of Pandara raid dungeons.

Love it.

Comment by regma

on Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:34:36 -0600

Glad to see Barnaby Fletcher (aka Washed-Up Mage) is out of The Underbelly sewers and in some fresh air.

Also I hate to see what lame things Garrosh would do if he copied the Mogu's army for his use.(which may happen when we face off against him unless this is taken care of before)

And I'm kind of glad to see Blizz mention Wintergrasp as it's been kind of "dead" since Cata came out with Tol Barad. So maybe I can finish getting the last achivements now without asking for help :)

Comment by Steamhammer

on Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:41:08 -0600

Characters who have earned the Friends on the Farm achievement will no longer find gifts while harvesting Cooking Ingredient crops – instead, they have a chance to find special seeds such as Magebulb Seed, Enigma Seed, Songbell Seed, and more.

Yay on not having to type delete once a day! Special seeds, ok i guess, kinda wish they wernt Bop. Any ideas on the "and more" part?

Players who have learned the Terrible Turnip pet can now continue to find Ominous Seed when harvesting Cooking Ingredient crops.

Er my TT had been Lvl 25 for about a month, dug up my 5th yesterday on an alt, do they mean Characters instead of Players?

Comment by Saliman

on Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:49:19 -0600

Level 90 players can now queue for Wintergrasp and Tol Barad via the PvP tab to battle one another in these epic conflicts.

I don't understand; weren't we able to before?

Comment by dexor123

on Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:09:46 -0600

Finally i can farm pre-MoP raids for mounts :Doh, and HOW COULD GARROSH DO THAT D'': cant wait till the end of the expansion. }:)

Comment by emivanbuuren

on Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:49:40 -0600

Level 90 players can now queue for Wintergrasp and Tol Barad via the PvP tab to battle one another in these epic conflicts.

I don't understand; weren't we able to before?

Yes. But now there's a level-90-only bracket.

Comment by BosephHeyden

on Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:25:59 -0600

The entry into non-MoP raids without having to find a guildie that was about to disconnect anyways to group with is an entry of the same variety as the mass looting they introduced back at the start of MoP/end of Cata: great, makes life easier, and makes you forget that you'll be finished with the new stuff shortly :P.

Comment by thegalaxygoddess

on Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:35:22 -0600

Oh my dear fuzzy garters I would LOVE to win that contest, but alas I am not creative enough nor can I afford those sets.

Comment by Lordplatypus

on Thu, 15 Nov 2012 04:23:00 -0600

The horde are up to no good as usual i see.

Comment by TheDancingTree

on Thu, 15 Nov 2012 12:20:11 -0600

Whoa, the Kor'kron are embracing the methods of the Mogu? Vol'jinn is right. That is NOT what the Horde stands for. Fantastic, make the Horde look even more evil <.<

Good Job Vol'jinn is a Troll, otherwise he wouldn't have survived that neck wound xD

Comment by Gitarookefka

on Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:28:49 -0600

Pre MoP raids allowed to be soloed with no problem?

Oh Blizz, of course i'll go on a date with you! <3

Comment by Dracovarius

on Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:02:33 -0600

Raid groups are no longer necessary to enter pre-Mists of Pandara raid dungeons. Enemies in these raids that previously required more than one player to defeat are now more easily dealt with by players battling alone.

No longer a raid group required is definitely a plus.

But what do they mean with the second part? Have they edited old bosses (aka, removed/edited mechanics) so that any class can solo them? I'm particularly looking at Razorgore the Untamed and Kaelthas' 3d phase where you fight all four advisors at once (these will stun lock most skilled players even at level 90). Also Reliquary of the Lost in Black Temple can pretty much not be soloed unless by a healing class. Or does Blizzard just mean that most old content can pretty much be soloed by anyone as of this moment and that's why they've removed the raid requirement?

Comment by Foxpaw

on Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:09:46 -0600

Hopefully this includes things like the chess event. I would absolutely LOVE getting the bow off the last boss of Karazhan for transmog on my hunter, but the chess event is a @#$%^ to solo. Maybe they'll just make it so that its not required to get to him.

Comment by jamesjiao

on Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:40:44 -0600

Raid groups are no longer necessary to enter pre-Mists of Pandara raid dungeons.

Love it.

This.

Comment by mgg4wow

on Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:21:22 -0600

Raid groups are no longer required to Enter pre-Mists of Pandaria dungeons...

Nothing there about being able to solo All the content. I supposed most bosses can be soloed at this point, but as has been pointed out, there are some mechanics that players will need to group for.

Comment by Interest

on Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:25:57 -0600

Spirit of Harmony can now be purchased for 600 Conquest Points at the Conquest Quartermaster.

I foresee a lot more people I can do 2s with.

Raid groups are no longer necessary to enter pre-Mists of Pandara raid dungeons.